YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Picnic Play by William Inge
Essays 601 - 630
fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...
of the play supports the concept of Willy as someone who is "stuck" emotionally at an immature level. Conclusion : As this indica...
First, the author wanted to convey something political. It was a time when democracy was rising and this type of government was at...
he was the victim of an unspeakable crime: it was prophesied that Laius would die by his sons hand, and so when Oedipus was born, ...
scene begins Laura Wingfield (Karen Allen) and her gentleman caller Jim OConnor (James Naughton) are looking at Lauras "glass mena...
and now Prospero sees the opportunity to obtain justice. He charms Miranda into a deep sleep and summons the sprite Ariel, who is ...
Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...
panacea when it came to womens rights. Liza was caught in this time period where she wanted to strike out on her own but was held ...
strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling" (Miller, 1959, p. 487). She is convinced that she ...
to have an impact open Hamlet and his self critical guilt. The well known quote that shows the motivation for the play is "the pla...
around the characters. Through the decaying setting, and also a setting that is quite dreamlike, the story begins on a very allusi...
"heavy father ... [who] is often led into the vices and follies which he has reproved in his son" (Bates, 1906, vol. 1). These com...
also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...
there are only three characters who actually have names, Leonardo, Death and The Moon, though we can argue that the last two are n...
the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...
allowed for recognition of human thought as an "integral part of human behavior" (OConnor, 1991, p. 26). Prior to this point, beha...
whatever virtue she may still retain intact. Ophelia is naturally shocked and confused by Hamlets peculiar behavior and struggles...
number and must join the rat race. Individuality is not prized and someone who has opinions, especially if that person is a woman,...
path to happiness. When Jim comes over for dinner on that fateful evening, he is in several instances cold and behaves selfishly....
the additional mouth to feed will put the family into jeopardy. The audience knows that she is considering abortion. To end all of...
have adopted something of a double standard. They have expected her to behave in the modest and subservient way which is usual for...
and Streisand would go on to star in a host of notable roles. This was an important show from a political and social...
spectator into the action, Brechts goal was to place the spectator outside the action as an observer, but one who is actively invo...
"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...
his foul and most unnatural murther" (I.v.29). Hamlet will need all of his inner resources to successfully meet this crisis, for ...
love for her. It 8s also worth noting, that despite the clear and eloquent words, t no point in the pay do we see Hero and Claudio...
serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...
for the gaming industry (International Guild of Hospitality and Restaurant Managers Inc, 2001). Today, Proctor & Gamble owns the ...
a director and actor, as well as a playwright. He is also one of the co-directors of Vancouvers theater group, The Electric Compan...
identity. It is interesting to note that as he pulls on his "cloak of madness" that his true intellect becomes completely clouded ...